Welcome!! Here is my story!

Welcome to my blog! I am Tim Woodard. I live in Idaho Falls, Id with my wife Jennie, our daughter Paisley and our faithful Golden Retriever Moose.


My story. I have always been active in my life, and I have always been a little overweight. I played sports while I was in High School, working out by lifting weights and running. That was the last time I was in really good shape. Between my Junior and Senior year in high school was my peak for physical fitness. I had higher than average blood pressure, but I was still at a healthy level. After high school I served a full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (the Mormons). While serving this mission I gained about 50lbs. After my mission I moved to Rexburg, ID and started attending school at Brigham Yound University - Idaho. I lost about half of the weight from my mission. My weight fluctuated but I was able to maintain a weight that did not prohibit me from enjoying the outdoor activities and somewhat active lifestyle i enjoyed. I taught snowboarding in college and I started as a fly fishing guide towards the end of my college years. When I was 26 I got married(Jan. 2006). I was the biggest I have ever been at that point. I knew that I needed to loose some weight but it didn't seem to bother me that much and my diet was very unhealthy. Over the next few years I would eat how I wanted and my weight would fluctuate 20lbs throughout the years but I still gained about 5-10lbs a year. I still enjoyed snowboarding and never had too much of a problem getting around and doing the things I loved.

Nov. 2008

My daughter Paisley was born in July of 2009. I was still a fishing guide during the summer and that fall found myself having a hard time walking while bird hunting with my dog. At this point i didn't fit into my snowboarding gear anymore so i didn't go snowboarding that winter. I still wasn't that concerned with my weight even though I knew I was over weight, I still didn't have the desire to do anything about it. I was weighing about 315lbs. Every summer I would loose weight while guiding so I figured it was no big deal.

 July 18th 2009

September 2009

During the winter of 2010/2011 things seemed to crash down on me. My wife and I were not getting along, we had major issues with Jennie's car, we were strapped for cash and I was depressed. I didn't know it at the time but I was suffering from depression. All I did was go to work in the morning and eat what I wanted. I would eat out every day and we would eat out 2-3 nights a week. I would eat lots and lots of gas station food, candy bars, chips and Mt. Dew. I didn't want to see my reflection in the mirror I was wearing size 42 jeans and all of my clothes were very tight and uncomfortable. I had a hard time finding clothes to buy that would fit. I didn't realize I was depressed and I didn't see myself eating away my depression. My health was horrible and I just thought I was over weight and would loose some weight when I started guiding again the next summer. That spring my fishing buddy Tanner asked me to go hike into one of his favorite spots. The hike was flat but I had the hardest time walking the mile and half or 2 miles to get in. I had to stop every 100 yards to let my back rest, I was breathing heavy and it was embarrassing. What hurt the most was I had let myself get to the point that I couldn't even enjoy the activities that I loved. I hadn't been snowboarding in 2 winters mostly because I couldn't fit into my gear. The only way I could fish was out of my drift boat. I couldn't hike any distance without being in pain. I had a hard time keeping a normal pace walking around town or any store.

That fishing trip with Tanner was a major wake up call, but it still wasn't enough. A month later I found myself in the Dr. office for my first physical in about 10 years. He told me my blood pressure was pretty high. He said I needed to loose weight which I knew already. He gave me some info for a personal trainer and I checked into it. I had hit rock bottom in regards to my personal health.

Spring 2011

Up to this point I had talked the talk. I knew how to workout I knew what i needed to do and I would talk as if I was going to do it....I never did. I discovered people who are obese know they are obese and they know what they need to do....which is loose weight, but we don't cause it's easier to stay fat and not change. In fact as humans we reject change and we reject anything that is hard. My issue was finding the motivation and desire to walk the walk. People made comments to me and it hurt but I put it away.

The spring of 2011 my grandfather died. We traveled to Nebraska for the funeral. I specifically remember my Uncle Fred picking me up to go fishing, he said to me "Wow, you have gotten big." Uncle Fred is not one to mix words and that's something I like about him. My brothers noticed my weight gain and my younger brother Dan told me I needed to start running. What was really sad was the majority of my Uncles had and my Mother had developed Type 2 Diabetes. One of my Uncles decided to not change his diet but just take insulin shots when his blood sugar would rise. My mother decided to change her diet and had lost a lot of weight. The difference between their current health was very noticeable. However I didn't want to get to the point of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Through some study and procrastination I decided to start on a program called Take Shape for Life. I started in September and followed the program as best as I could. By Christmas I had gone from    345 lbs to 275 lbs. I lost a total of 60 lbs.

I decided to take Christmas off and enjoy the Holidays and the great food that accompanies the Holiday season. After New years day I started back on the program, the day I started back on the program I was suffering from appendicitis. I had my appendix removed on the 4th of January, 2012....That kicked me off the plan. I got sick leaving the hospital...I stayed off plan. In February I started again...things came up and I got off plan. I got sick in March, very sick... I didn't get back on plan. I needed knee surgery...so I didn't get back on plan. Than summer came. I was on the plan about 80% of the time...I lost weight slowly but it stayed off. I was losing weight because I was burning a lot of calories rowing a drift boat and I was controlling my calorie intake. I went to Oregon at the end of August and had a great fishing trip and ate what I wanted and my weight leveled out. I got back and haven't been able to get back on program or had a desire to. So i slowly put about 20 lbs on in the last 5 weeks.

October 2012

Since January I have put back on all of the 60lbs. I have been doing a lot of research and I want to loose 100lbs. That has been my goal from the beginning. I am going to loose 100 lbs and I am starting today! No more excuses, no more breaks. This blog is my accountability to you and hopefully an inspiration to anyone out there who needs to loose weight just like me....Join me as I take a journey to health.